Wild red bean is an annual semi-climbing leguminous herb. The stems are hairy and the petioles are long. Each stalk has three leaves and is triangular. The leaves are tapered at the top, broadly triangular at the base and hairless on both sides. Veins sparsely hairy, papery, 3-veined and stipitate.
Wild red beans bloom from May to August, and the flowers are axillary, butterfly-shaped and yellow.
Wild red beans bear fruit from August to September, with linear pods, oblate cylinders, hairless and pointed tails. The pod skin is green first and then black, with oblique edges. When it matures, it will explode itself, and it can fly out and breed everywhere. This is the reproductive property of leguminous plants.
There are 6- 10 seeds in each bean folder, which are purple-black, irregular in shape, mostly rectangular and round at both ends. The bean navel is vertical, white and grooved.
Wild red beans are rich in starch, protein and vitamin B. Although it has certain toxicity, it can be used for dietotherapy, medicine, nourishing and so on after being cooked.
Wild red beans are used as medicine, which are flat, sweet and sour. Can be used for diuresis, detumescence, detoxification and pus discharge. It can be used for treating edema, acute ascites, beriberi, typhoid fever, intestinal hemorrhoid, hematochezia, toxic heat bleeding, gangrene, carbuncle of large and small intestine, infantile tianhuo pill, buccal swelling, heavy tongue in children, tongue bleeding, galactorrhea, breast pain, wind itching addiction, animal meat poisoning, and mumps.
Wild red beans can strengthen the heart, induce diuresis, relieve alcoholism and detoxify, and have certain curative effect on heart disease, kidney disease and edema. Red beans also contain more dietary fiber, which has good effects of relaxing bowels, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fat, regulating blood sugar, resisting cancer and losing weight.
Here are some recipes:
Treatment of mumps in children: 50-70 pieces of wild red beans are ground into fine powder, mixed with warm water, egg white or honey to form a thin paste, spread on a cloth and applied to the affected area. Generally, it can reduce swelling at one time. Good results were obtained in 7 cases.
Treatment of ascites due to liver cirrhosis: put 1 kg of wild red beans and 1 kg of live carp (above 1 kg) into a pot, add 2000 ~ 3000ml of water, and stew until the wild red beans are rotten. Divide wild red beans, fish and soup into several parts. 1 dose daily or every other day. Continue to take it until it is cured. Two cases were treated. After taking it, the urine volume increased, the abdominal circumference decreased, and the mental state was good without adverse reactions.
Weight loss: 200 grams of wild red beans, 5 grams of dried tangerine peel, a little salt.
Specific practice: first soak wild red beans for half an hour, add them to 500cc of boiling water and cook for about 30 minutes. After the wild red beans are cooked, soak the dried tangerine peel in hot water, put the dried tangerine peel into the wild red bean soup, cover and cook for 10 minute, and then add a little salt. Drink it after meals every day for at least two weeks. Red bean diet is suitable for all ages, both men and women. Absolutely safe, no side effects.